Shloka 11
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion
कायेन मनसा बुद्धया केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि । योगिन: कर्म कुर्वन्ति सड़ूं त्यक्त्वा55त्मशुद्धये,कर्मयोगी ममत्वबुद्धिरहित केवल इन्द्रिय, मन, बुद्धि और शरीरद्वारा भी आसक्तिको त्यागकर अन्तःकरणकी शुद्धिके लिये कर्म करते हैं*
kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api | yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṃ tyaktvātmaśuddhaye ||
Arjuna said: “With the body, the mind, the intellect, and even with the senses alone, disciplined practitioners perform action—having abandoned attachment—so that the inner self may be purified.” In the ethical frame of the Gītā’s battlefield counsel, the verse presents work not as self-assertion or possession, but as a means of cleansing intention and reducing egoic clinging while still fulfilling one’s duty.
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions can be performed through body, mind, intellect, and senses without possessiveness or craving for results; such detached action becomes a discipline that purifies the inner life (ātmaśuddhi) rather than strengthening ego and attachment.
In the midst of the Kurukṣetra setting, Arjuna is articulating a principle of Karma Yoga: even while engaged in necessary action, a yogin relinquishes attachment and performs work as a means of inner purification, aligning duty with spiritual discipline.